Portuguese metal act Moonspell will be releasing a live DVD/Blu-Ray called Lisboa Under The Spell, and initially planned on recording four songs about the 1755 Lisbon earthquake as a handful of studio bonus tracks for the release. The band decided that the four tracks were too good, and the concept too powerful, and are now working with producer Tue Madsen on a full-length album aptly titled 1755.
Frontman Fernando Ribeiro says the album is heavier than Extinct, and is very excited about doing an entire album in Portuguese.
"It will be earthshaking but also very detailed with orchestrations and percussion as we want people to relive the Lisbon of the 18th century. Singing it in Portuguese allowed me to find a different expression as a vocalist and my job is to be the survivor of the earthquake, roaming the ruins and telling you all about it."
As a brief history lesson, the quake occurred on November 1 around 9:40 in the morning, and came in on the Richter scale somewhere between an 8.5 and 9 (the maximum is 10). The quake killed between 10,000 and 100,000 people, and is one of the earthquakes in history.
